measure out

Normally UFO developments like this are measured out in small doses, as far as the media is concerned -- but this was an impressive cluster.

Or the eyes, blue and far-seeing, as if they measured out panoramas of Western mountain and desert.

childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hours of reason grows.

The result is tragic, measured out in slammed doors, binge drinking sessions and underage pregnancies.

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

He lost his balance and measured out his length on the ground.

An area of land measured out and set apart to be used for sacred purposes.

The druggist measured out a bottle of cough mixture according to the prescription.

The nurse measured out a dose of medicine for me.

Mrs. Gage measured out and packed five bushels of string beans, three of wh ich were then sold to a lawyer called Arthur Hunt.

The revolutionary triBunal measured out harsh justice.

She measured out the flour, butter, and sugar and started to mix a cake.

For you have drunk and become intoxicated from the bubbling wellspring that I have personally measured out.

Suddenly feeling faint, she measured out her length on the floor.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

since you ' ve left , time has been measured out in bitter chapters